7.6 Naming conventions and encapsulation

In section 6.3, we covered naming conventions for functions. Let’s complete the story for classes and their contents.

Although many built-in classes like int and float have lowercase names, your class names should begin with a capital letter. If the name has multiple “words”, start those with capital letters as well. Don’t use underscores. Examples are BreadRecipe, ElectricGuitar, and Matrix.

Instance variables should follow the same naming conventions as other variables, and methods should follow the conventions for functions. All letters should be lowercase, and you may use underscores.

End a name with an underscore to avoid confusion with a Python keyword.

class_ = "Quantum Computing 101"
class_

'Quantum Computing 101'

Magic methods (section 7.4) begin and end with two underscores.

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